ALP signals opposition on GST

The federal opposition has signalled it won't be backing proposed changes to the GST.

Shadow minister Anthony Albanese has avoided directly responding to questions about lowering the $1000 threshold on imports, but says Labor won't back an "extension" of the tax.

The states and territories are due to argue the case for a lower GST threshold on foreign imports, at the first meeting of the Standing Council on Federal Financial Relations since the change of government in Canberra on Wednesday.